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Cerebralbore101 on 23 October 2019
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Chrkeller said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

Free online with Stadia. Just gotta put up with dying to input lag or "input prediction". 

lol Playing games in 1080 in 2020 will be like playing games in 720 in 2015. The free version of Stadia needs to at least offer 1440p. 

There are other costs with Stadia though. Such as needing to pay for faster internet, or fees for going over your ISP's data cap. 

Speaking for myself, I've been subbed to PS+ for a grand total of 9 months and have no plans to resub this gen. I have over 60 PS4 games and only like 5 of them need online play for any meaningful part of the game. 

With all due respect I find your first argument to be silly at best.  I pay for internet for PSN+, Netflix, Prime and a bunch of other reasons.  Paying for "faster" internet isn't part of the cost for Stadia.  Internet is a fixed cost and is used for a wide range of reasons.  I suspect most all gamers have strong internet and Stadia has nothing to do with it.  That is nothing more than you arbitrarily driving up the cost because you are scared of streaming.  And anybody with a cap is clearly not a candidate for Stadia.  Personally I have no caps.  Ultimately 4k requires 35 mbps...  sorry, 35 mbps internet isn't a heavy lift in 2019.  I get over double that for $50 a month.  And again, I use internet for all kinds of reason.  Attributing internet cost against Stadia is stupid.  It is 2019, I'm pretty sure internet has been mass adopted at this point for daily use.  

Good for you?  Fact is Stadia doesn't charge for online, Playstation does.  Depending on the person that something to factor in.  I am not saying Stadia is right for everybody, in fact I don't think it is right for me.  I just take offense when people act like a product is wrong simply because they don't personally like it.  Stadia is interesting, I see the appeal.  If the product isn't for you, cool, it is understandable.  But move on and stop acting like it is the antichrist because you find streaming scary.    

All I can say is you are lucky. I live in a mid sized metro of 600,000 and have two choices. Either pay for Centurylink and get speeds "up to" 35 mbps, or pay for Mediacomm and have a 400 GB data cap on your home internet usage. Lots of neighborhoods in my metro area don't give you a choice between providers. Lots of areas are lucky to get 20 mbps on a good day.

So I hope you understand why I factored in paying extra for good internet. 

I don't believe that 35 mbps isn't a heavy load in 2019. I've lived in Phoenix Arizona where 50 mbps internet was $90 a month, and I currently live in Iowa with what I've described above. 

BTW the whole "you need year round online console subscriptions" argument is laughable. Been laughing at that since 2011.